98 FIELD SEEDS—(Continued) 
State Nursery and Seed Co. 
CLOVERS 
Alsike Clover 
ALSIKE CLOVER 
(Sow 8 lbs., per acre) 
Cultural and Soil Conditions —Alsike prefers lo¬ 
calities with plenty of moisture in soil. The most 
suitable soil is moist clay loam or clay with good 
lime content. It can be grown to advantage where 
soil is too wet for Red Clover, and with poor drain¬ 
age; where Red Clover is a failure, Alsike will 
flourish. It has a rather shallow root system. 
Uses —When grown for hay it is usually best 
mixed with Timothy or Red Top, thus producing 
finer quality. A popular mixture for Montana is 
about 80 per cent Timothy and 20 per cent Alsike. 
Cut for hay when in full bloom. 
It produces usually one crop of hay a season but 
the tonnage is very heavy. 
Greatly esteemed for pasture because of fts high 
feeding value. Sow about eight pounds per acre. 
MEDIUM RED 
Cultural Conditions —Being a resident of the tem¬ 
perate zone, Red Clover succeeds best where Sum¬ 
mers are not too hot nor the Winters too severe. 
Most parts of Montana, probably with the excep¬ 
tion of the northeastern part of the state, are 
pretty well adapted to Red C.lover production. 
Soil Requirements —Red Clover can be grown on 
many kinds of soil, the most suitable being clay 
loams with a certain amount of lime and plenty 
of organic matter; generally prefers the heavier 
soils. 
WHITE SWEET CLOVER 
(Sow 10-15 lbs. per acre) 
When young it is succulent and quite palatable 
for hay and pasture. For hay purposes in Montana 
it might better be considered an insurance crop 
than a competitor of Alfalfa. It is sure to make 
a good crop of hay or roughage under conditions 
which might cause an Alfalfa crop failure. 
It is quite popular for pasture purposes, both 
for cattle and sheep, and cannot be excelled for 
green manure, furnishing quick and abundant ni¬ 
trogen to the soil. 
YELLOW SWEET CLOVER 
(Sow 10-15 lbs. per acre) 
Yellow Sweet Clover is not far different from 
White, except that it has a yellow flower. 
The plant does not grow as rank as White, has 
more of a spreading growth habit and finer tex¬ 
ture, thus making it a consistent gainer in popu¬ 
larity over the White for pasture purposes. 
We know of an instance where 30 acres of Yel¬ 
low blossom offered abundant pasture for 700 ewes 
and lambs, continuing for three months. 
WHITE BLOSSOM “ARCTIC” OR GRUNDY COUNTY BIENNIAL 
This is a white blossom biennial Sweet Clover that grows from 3% to 4 feet high; matures an abun¬ 
dance of seed that ripens three weeks ahead of common white biennial. The outstanding advantage of 
this Clover is that it grows to a good height for harvesting, but does not require clipping, thus getting 
away from the hazard of Rilling the Clover by clipping improperly. It ripens early ahead of weeds and 
is ready to thresh and hull before small grain. It is very hardy and will withstand dry Summers and 
hard Winters. The seed is a little higher in price than the other varieties, but well worth all you pay 
for it. Fine for hay. 
Cultural and Soil Conditions —Grows readily in nearly any soil or climate. 
NEW ALPHA SWEET CLOVER 
(Sow 8-12 lbs. per Acre) 
If a legume crop could be made to order, like a 
suit of clothes, we would probably specify that it 
should be fine stemmed and leafy like Alfalfa, but 
with the biennial character and prolific seed pro¬ 
duction and soil improving qualities of Sweet Clov¬ 
er and lastly that the characteristic flavor of 
Sweet Clover be omitted. 
The qualifications most desirable in a legume 
of the Alfalfa Sweet Clover type appear to be just 
those which this new sensational Alpha Clover 
form possesses. The characteristic Sweet Clover 
taste is still present but not nearly so pronounced. 
It is a very hardy type, fine stemmed and leafy, 
showing much the same type of growth as Alfalfa. 
We offer fancy Montana grown Seed of which the 
supply is limited again this year. 
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1 FOR PRICES SEE PINK INSERT i 
Alpha Sweet Clover 
